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Recognised as Colour

#029EC8

  • #029EC8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#029EC8 is a cyan with RGB values 2, 158, 200 and HSL 193°, 98%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#029EC8#029EC8
HEX#029EC8
RGBrgb(2, 158, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.6196, 0.7843
RGB percentages0.8%, 62%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(192.7, 98%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.7, 99%, 78.4%)
CMYK99%, 21%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer171,720
CSS custom property--colour: #029EC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28637WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.73:1
Contrast with white3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#FD6137

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#879BCAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#708BC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#00AAACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.7Steel blue · ΔE 17.4Light skyblue · ΔE 21.3Sky blue · ΔE 21.7Cadetblue · ΔE 23.8Dark cyan · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 16.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C82C02
Analogous#02C88F, #023BC8
Triadic#C8029E, #9EC802
Split complementary#C8023B, #C88F02
Tetradic#8F02C8, #C82C02, #3BC802

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#98E8FE
Lighter +30%#66DDFD
Lighter +20%#33D2FD
Lighter +10%#03C6FA
Darker −10%#017696
Darker −20%#014E63
Darker −30%#002631
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009FCA
Less saturated −25%#1B8FAF

Channel breakdown

R2
G158
B200
Red2 (0.8%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue192.73°
Saturation (HSL)98.02%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 9E · B C8

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